Bar brawl lands King City man in jail

Alejandro Aparicio Ramirez

A 21-year-old King City man was arrested on suspicion of gang charges after a Saturday night bar brawl ended in a police foot chase, officers said.

King City police said they responded at 11:32 p.m. Saturday to North Third and Broadway streets where they'd received reports of a man chasing someone with a knife.

An officer saw a man, later identified as Alejandro Aparicio Ramirez, jogging near the intersection of North Second and Lynn streets. Rather than stop, the man sprinted away, clutching his waistband, police said.

Ramirez ran into his apartment on the 200 block of North Second Street. Officers soon managed to detain him in his backyard after he climbed through a side window. Officers said they found Ramirez in possession of a loaded shotgun.

He was booked into Monterey County Jail on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a gang member, carrying a concealed and unregistered firearm, participaing in a criminal street gang and resisting arrest, with gang enhancements.